Micro Stakes Holdem

Expected Value - is commonly referrred to as EV.
from here on in positive Expected Value is +EV and negative Expected Value is -EV.
Poker is a game in which skill will beat luck every time assuming that you play for long enough. While it’s true that any two cards preflop can win any given individual hand […]

By Pokey for 2+2 Forums
For the past few months, we’ve gotten a steady stream of players making the transition from limit hold’em to no-limit. Since the regime change that brought our new and mighty Dread Overlord AJ (don’t blame me — I voted for Kodos!), the newcomer’s threads asking how to transition from limit to […]

This is a how-to post, but it doesn’t belong in the software forum; it’s to teach people how they can use the Poker Tracker data to find flaws in their game.

So everybody knows that table selection is one of the most important secrets to poker success. We’ve heard all the stories:
- So-and-so isn’t very good at the mechanics of the game but he’s a consistent winner because he’s got fantastic table selection.

Ok, I’m only posting this in uFR. I think a lot of players want a clear guide regarding moving up in limits. The uSH forum has a lot of great threads on this topic already. I’ll link to them throughout this. This is my second micro stakes article. Hopefully they are helpful. As before, this […]

mtrip from 2+2 asks:
What are the criteria to keep in mind when deciding whether you’re willing to build a big pot with TPTK?
Specifically, what factors/information lead to a strong line vs a ‘pot control’ line? When do you get away from the hand and when do you commit?

So you’ve got bottom set on a three-flush board and your opponent just check-raised you all-in. What do you do? Well, the first thing you do is you put your opponent on a hand.
Hand reading is simultaneously the most important and the most difficult thing that a poker player does. Some of the best […]

Previously, in this thread, I went over the easier EV calculations that go on when facing an all-in bet. This post will deal with (in much shorter order) the math behind making big all-in “bluffs” with drawing hands. These can be very profitable plays, but they are very easy to do poorly.

A lot of you are posting hands where you are facing turn and river decisions where it is very likely you are beaten but still must call. Hopefully this will help you all analyze such situations in the future and make sense of some of your easier decisions.

TL; DR; and a lot of these concepts are stolen directly from Green Plastic videos and other good posters on these boards (True, Debitel, Orange, Epdaws, others I am shamefully forgetting).
I’d greatly appreciate if we can get some discussion on these topics going. To be honest, I almost think each of these 6 points […]